Lumbricidae
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 Lumbricus terrestris, the Common European Earthworm
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The Lumbricidae is a family of earthworms which includes most of the earthworm species well-known to Europeans. About 33 lumbricid species have become naturalized around the world [1], but the bulk of the species are in Holarctic: from Canada (e.g. Vancouver Island) and the United States and throughout Eurasia to Japan. There are 670 valid (sub-)species in about 42 recognized genera.[2]
[edit] Genera
- Allolobophora
- Allolobophoridella
- Aporrectodea
- Cernosvitovia
- Dendrobaena
- Dendrodrilus
- Eisenia
- Eiseniella
- Eiseniona
- Eophila
- Ethnodrilus
- Eumenescolex
- Fitzingeria
- Helodrilus
- Iberoscolex
- Kritodrilus
- Lumbricus
- Microeophila
- Murchieona
- Norealidys
- Octodriloides
- Octodrilus
- Octolasion
- Orodrilus
- Perelia
- Postandrilus
- Proctodrilus
- Prosellodrilus
- Satchellius
- Scherotheca
[edit] References
- ^ Contents of "Cosmopolitan Earthworms" 1st and 2nd Editions, Blakemore (2002, 2006). VermEcology (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
- ^ A Series of Searchable Texts on Earthworm Biodiversity, Ecology and Systematics from Various Regions of the World. YNU, COE Chapter 10: A list of valid, invalid and synonymous names of Criodriloidea and Lumbricoidea (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Criodrilidae, Sparganophilidae, Ailoscolecidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae, Lutodrilidae) (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
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